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Genesis 11:9-11
New Century Version
Genesis 11:9-11
New Century Version
9 The place is called Babel[a] since that is where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. So the Lord caused them to spread out from there over the whole world.
The Story of Shem’s Family
10 This is the family history of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, his son Arphaxad was born. 11 After that, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
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- 11:9 Babel This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “confused.”
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